Pal Joey

New York City Center kicks off its theater season with a revisal of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's scandalous1940 musical about a nightclub singer who becomes the boy toy of a rich, married socialite. As reimagined by directors Savion Glover and Tony Goldwyn, this version—with a new book by Richard LaGravenese and Daniel “Koa” Beaty—adds a racial twist to the story. Ephraim Sykes (Ain't Too Proud) and Elizabeth Stanley (Jagged Little Pill) play the leading lovers, with support from Loretta Devine, Brooks Ashmanskas, Jeb Brown and Aisha Jackson; the ensemble includes tap queen Dormeshia and Glover himself, who also choreographs.